Lamp-stove.



Patanted Sept. 3, I90I.

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LAMP STOVE.

(Application fl1e Aug. 1, 1900.)

(No Model.)

wi/lmeo am UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

HENRY M. CRIDER, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAM P-S TOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,130, datedSeptember 3, 1901.

Application'filed August 1, 1900. Serial No. 25,569. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. ORIDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Lamp-Stoves, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a cheap, convenient, andsimple contrivance for the utilization of the heat emanating from thechimney of a burning lamp; and it consists of an apparatus of novelconstruction and arrangement which I will hereinafter describe indetail.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a single stand orsupport embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of a stove orheater made of two stands or supports like that shown in Fig. 1 placedside by side and united, the top of one of the stands being partlybroken away. Fig. 3 is a side view of a heater like that represented inFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view, on a reduced scale, of a heater formed ofsix stands. Figs. 5 and 6 are details representing one manner of unitingthe top and the upright rods.

The stand or support for the lamp A, which serves as the heater,consists of a base-piece 2 of equilateral triangular shape, a top 3 of ashape and size corresponding with the basepiece, and a series ofconnecting-rods 4, uniting the parts 2 and 3. For convenience inmanufacture the plates 2 and 3 are duplicates of each other, though theymight be of different design, as is apparent. The rods 4 are of metaland are of a length to hold the top plate at the desired distance abovethe base. They are parallel with each other throughout their entirelength and when the stove or heater is in use stand upright orperpendicular, and they are connected with the two plates 2 and 3 attheir angular corners, so that there is ample free space between themfor the placing and removal of the lamp, and being all of the samelength they maintain the top and base plates parallel with each other.The rods may be provided at their opposite ends, respectively, withright and left hand threads 5 and 5, which are adapted to engage withscrew-threaded apertures in the bottom and top plates. In order to givea firm and substantial connection between the plates and rods, theformer are reinforced or thickened,

the rods are formed.

as at 6, at the places where the apertures for Instead of this manner ofuniting the rods and plates that shown in Fig. 5 maybe used. As thereshown, the end of the rod is reduced and screw-threaded and passesthrough an aperture in a-thickened and countersunk portion 6' of theplate. A nut 4, Fig. 6, adapted to fit the countersunk portion of theplate, engages with the screwthreaded end of the rod.

7 represents the platform or support for the lamp. It is preferablycircular and arranged centrally within the space bounded by the rods 4and rests upon or is made in one with a frame 8, which is supported bythe rods.

It is desirable that the lamp-platform should be vertically adjustableinorder thatthe lamp may be moved closer to or farther from the topframe-piece, on which is placed the object to be heated, and I thereforemake it with a series of arms, the outer ends of which are perforated orotherwise shaped to surround the rods 4, as at 9. Set-screws 10 are usedto hold the platform securelyin the various positions to which it may beadjusted. By making the rods parallel with each other the lamp-platformmay be easily adjusted 8o from one position to another, and yet beingsecured to each of the rods it will be sustained with great and withequal firmness in whatever position it may be set.

The top and bottom frame-pieces are pro-- Vided near their edges withholes 11, preferably three on each side. Those in the basepiece may beused to permit the passage of screws or nails should it be desired tofirmly secure the stand to a permanent or substan- 9o tial support.Those in the top piece maybe used to receive hooks 12 or similar devicesfor uniting two or more of the stands to each other, as represented inFig. 2. One or more of the holes in the upper frame or plate 3 may 5also be made use of in the support of the shade or shades to bepresently described.

The shape of the standthat is, of equilateral triangular shape inplangives to the device several most important practical advantages. Inthe first place it insures a firm support for the lamp and for thearticle to be heated second,it permits the use of a larger lamp with astand of a given size than when any other shape is used; third, itfacilitates the use of a plurality of stands together, as

represented in Figs. 2 and 4, when a heater of increased size andcapacity is needed, permitting a considerable number to be thusassembled in a compact space, while at the same time giving ample spacefor the manipulation and observation of each individual lamp, and,fourth, a stand of this shape may be readily placed in a corner or othercontracted space in an apartment and when so placed will present outwardone of the sides with the full open space between the rods 4, so thatthe lamp may be readily placed and removed, manipulated, and observed.

The top plate is suitably perforated or formed with open spaces for thefree passage of the heat from the lamp to the article placed on the topto be heated.

13 represents a shade or screen which is adapted to extend across thespace from one rod 4 to another. It is preferably suspended fromthejop 3by one or more chains 14 or other flexible suspending devices. Aconvenient arrangement for suspending the shade is represented in Fig.l, where the chain 14 is represented as being provided at one end with abutton 15 and at the other end with a hook 16. The chain is passedthrough the central hole 11 in one edge of the top plate, the but tonholding it suspended. The other end of the chain is passed through ahole 17 in the shade and the hook 16 caused to engage with such link ofthe chain as will hold the shade at the proper height. The shade orscreen-13 may be used either as a shade to cut off the light from thelamp or as a wind or draft screen, and its size and shape will dependsomewhat upon the use to which it is put. I prefer that the shade shouldbe a little longer than the distance between the rods 4, so that itsends will project beyond such rods, and I also prefer to so form theshade or screen that it may be united with another or with two similarshades, so that the shade or screen may extend across one or two sidesof the stand or entirely around it, as desired. A convenient way ofuniting the screens is represented in the drawings and consists informing in one end of the screen a series of slits or holes 18 and atthe opposite end a series of tongues 19, which are arranged so that theymay pass through the holes 18 of an ad jacent screen, and thus unite thetwo screens.

In an arrangement like that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, where two stands areconnected together to form a single heater, 2, screen in the form of ahood 21 may be used. This is shaped to fit the heater, being droppeddown over the upper end thereof and sustained in place by an inturnedflange 22.

When it is desired to use the lamp forilluminating purposes the screenor shade 13 may be provided on its inner face with a reflector 20, asrepresented in Fig. 1.

The size of the top and bottom plates or frames 8 and 2 will vary tosuit the particular style and size of lamp or heater intended to be usedtherewith, and the length of the rods 4 may be varied to suit the usesto which the device is put, the varying fancies of the purchasingpublic, and the convenience of the user.

A heater like that illustrated in Fig. 4 is well adapted for bothilluminating and heating a small church or public hall. In using suchform of my invention a radiator constructed to fit upon and project overthe edges of the tops of the stands would be used.

I have not attempted to point out all of the uses to which my inventionis adapted and therefore do not wish to be limited in its usefulapplications to the illustrations which I have herein given by way ofsetting forth the principle and operation of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A stand for alamp-stove comprising top and bottom pieces of equilateral triangularshape and corresponding size the top piece being provided near its edgewith perforations 11, rigid parallel connecting-rods uniting the saidtop and bottom pieces at their corners, the parts of the stand thusenumer-' ralityof stands, said top piece being provided near its edgewith perforations, a shade, a chain or similar flexible device attachedto the shade and passing through one of the perforations in the toppiece of the stand, and a hook at the free end of the said suspendingdevice adapted to engage with the suspending device between the toppiece and the shade,

substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a lamp-stove stand of triangular shape in plan,whereby a plurality of strands may be assembled, said stand having opensides, of a plurality of screens or shades arranged to extend over acorresponding number of the open sides of the stand, means for unitingsuch screens or shades, and means for supporting them, substantially asset forth.

4. The combination of a lamp-stove stand having top and bottom pieces,and rods connecting such pieces at the corners, and a plurality ofscreens each adapted to extend across an open side of the stand from onerod to another, the screens being provided with tongues and slitsthrough which the tongues may pass, whereby they may be united,substantially as set forth.

HENRY M. GRIDER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. 1101:, MABEL I. GRIEST.

